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Monday, November 12, 2012

November 15
will mark the end of the journey of Angels on earth in the Angels
Among Us series. In honor of the Series ending we are having have an
amazing giveaway and interview with the amazing Elise Marion..

When and why
did you begin writing?

I
actually started writing when I was twelve years old. I loved to read
and had an active imagination so I would make up stories and write
them down. As I got older I started getting into Romance novels and
tried my hand at writing a few in high school. To this day it remains
my favorite genre to write.

What was the
hardest part of writing the Angles Among us series?

I think
the hardest part was writing a good, fictional story about Angels and
Demons that held a bit of mythology from different religions, without
injecting my own beliefs. Many of what I wrote about heaven, hell,
angels, demons, and the whole spiritual world, is not at all true to
what I believe religiously, but I believe in writing fiction there
can be a healthy separation of what I believe and what I write. It
was fun, though, playing around with the gray areas of religious
belief, fiction, and what I believe to be a reality.

How did you
come up with the idea of An angel of healing ?

In the
spiritual world that I've created in this book, every angel has a
purpose. In book 1 of the series, 'Fallen', angel Amir is a
healer. He can feel the pain and sickness of others and can heal them
of any sickness or disease. In book 2, 'Tempted' angel Sarah is a
Messenger angel, whose job is is to deliver messages between Heaven
and angels or other spiritual beings stationed on Earth. In this
book, 'Redemption', our hero Nathan was once a Warrior angel. I did
this because I liked the idea of Angels being sort of like this army
in the war between good and evil. Just like in the military, the
angels of this army all have their purpose for the cause.

How was
writing Redemption for you was it hard to say good bye?

'Redemption'
was a real challenge because I knew before I even started that it was
going to be much different from the first two books. Because the
hero, Nathan, is a Fallen angel and is fighting against an eternity
in Hell, I knew that this story would be much grittier and darker
than the first two. It was hard, because I often wondered if it
wasn't TOO dark, if the fans of the first two books wouldn't like it
for that very reason. Thanks to the advice of friends, and following
my own gut, I stuck to my guns and wrote the story the way I imagined
it. I feel strongly that fans of the series will appreciate it
because of its uniqueness and find closure in Nathan's story. He was
introduced in book 2 and his fate was kind of left hanging in the
air.

It was
definitely hard to say good-bye to this series. But like all good
things, it had to end. And it's best to go out on a high note and end
it with a bang.

What do you
think you will be working on next?

I
am always working on many things at one time. I am currently
finishing up my last release for the year 2012, and erotic romance
entitled 'The New Year's Masquerade', which is a sequel to a
Valentine's Day themed book I released earlier this year. I am also
gearing up for 2013 with the 3rd book in my Historical Romance
series, Kings of Cardenas. as well as researching for a series of
books entitled 'Red Tail Hearts' about the pilots known as Red
Tails'....or, The Tuskegee Airmen.

Do you have
any advise for other inspiring writers?(like myself)

Perseverance
is the key. The literary world is full of critics and
nay-sayers. Many people will tell you 'no', or that you don't have
what it takes, or that your books can't sell. I believe that the
publishing industry is changing for the better with the dawning of
new era of self and indie publishing. The sale of e-books increases
every year and many Independent authors have made it to the top of
NYT and USA Today Bestseller lists. I hold these examples up and
remember then when I feel discouraged, because I know that it is
possible.

I think it's
also important to be professional and do what you can to find good
editors and cover artists. Find another writer to be your critique
partner or join a critique group. We all become better through
constructive criticism and friendship.

Last but not
least: This is my favorite question to ask:(It really is)

Is there a
message you want your readers to take at the end that you didn't
think a lot of people got?

I
think the main takeaway from every book in this series is that love
always prevails. I wish I had something deeper to tell you, but
that's the truth of what I do as a writer. I write Romance and no
matter what sub-genre I happen to be writing, I also remind myself of
that truth: love conquers all. In the case of this series, it may
even conquer the terrors of a fate spent in Hell for eternity.

I want to say thank you for your time and thank you for being a wonderful person and Author....helpful links~

Monday, November 5, 2012

Book
Decription:

Publication
Date:October
8, 2012

Her heart was guarded…

Tormented
by self-imposed guilt, Dr Lena O’Donnell has spent the last nine
years in survival mode. Struggling through days that seem to blend
together and battling her way through each horrifying night, she’s
determined that this is what she deserves…

Until he tore
down the walls…

Mason Langley’s life is going exactly the
way he planned it, until her. A confirmed bachelor and the successful
owner of the hottest restaurant to hit Chicago, he never expected to
be blindsided by an angry woman in a pair of scrubs. No matter how
hard he tries, he can’t seem to shake the doctor, and he finds
himself liking the way she makes him feel.

Almost over night
Lena finds her world turned upside down by Mason and the sexual
desire they discover together. Slowly, she lowers her guard and
invites him inside but when tragedy strikes she begins to believe
that sometimes it’s better to be alone and safe than to love and
lose…

First I want to say, WOW. Exquisite is truly
that... Exquisite! This book is a diamond in the rough and I
completely enjoyed it.. I laughed, I cried, I smiled, and I got
turned on like crazy! I truly can not wait until Entice comes out.

An Interview With Ella Frank!

What made you decide to finally pick up a
pen and start working towards that dream of writing a novel?

I have always loved to write and have for years
but honestly it was a really good friend of mine. She read the first
chapter and then asked, well? Where's the rest? A month later she had
the rest!

So we all love our fictional characters,
especially our male ones, so I have to know, was Mason derived from
anyone?

Mason is 100% fictional, however in saying that
I wanted him to be essentially a good guy and I took that trait from
my husband. Sure at the end he has his moment where you may want to
yell WAKE UP! However, I really believe and have seen many people
react completely irrationally to the death of a loved one and
unfortunately it is often the ones we love the most that we lash out
at. In the end I want Mason to be a man any woman would want to have
by their side and in their life, he's sexy, kind, sweet and loves his
family.. Who wouldn't want that?

Were there any specific books or authors
that inspired you to write?

I love romance!! All romance novels inspire me
and I have been told I look at everything through rose colored
glasses. There isn't a specific author just a genre I can't get
enough of. I love the thought that in the end everyone gets someone
and we all deserve a happily ever after.

As a recently self published author do you
have any advice for those (like me) who are currently trying to write
as well?

Don't give up! Sit down and write your story -
be happy with it. I also found myself four amazing ladies who
critique my stories, so I recommend that and then get and editor. Oh
and ENJOY YOURSELF!

Did you find writing a "love"
scene challenging? And if so what helped you over come that hurdle?

No, I LOVE writing them. They are so much fun
to write..lol. I actually found myself the other day, while writing
Shelly's story, just glancing around my house wondering where and
how..it really can be such fun writing up a steamy scene ;-)

What was your favorite scene to write?

Probably the jogging scene which was then
followed by the dirty...ahem..clean shower scene. I LOVED writing the
poignant moments and actually the first scene of the whole book I
wrote was the fight at Mason's condo - but the jogging scene was
great because I honestly had no clue where I was taking it and then
Mason mentioned a shower and I thought...what?? What do you mean a
shower..but then he well showed me!!

And lastly, (I figured twenty questions was
a lot) how many books do you anticipate to write in this truely
amazing series?

There's three. I wanted the series to be based
on the women. So there's Lena's story, then Shelly who is a bit of a
firecracker and then we go back to Rachel. The best part about a
series is we get to see the progression of everyone through each
book. So if you loved them in the first book you get to catch up with
them again and again!

Overview:

He
was tall, at least six feet, with dirty blond hair that hung over his
eyes. His T-shirt read Nietzsche Is My Homeboy.

So,
that was Matt. Who Julie Seagles likes. A lot. But there is also
Finn. Who she flat out loves.

Complicated?
Awkward? Completely.

But
really, how was this freshly-minted Boston transplant and newbie
college freshman supposed to know that she would end up living with
the family of an old friend of her mother’s? This was all supposed
to be temporary. Julie wasn’t supposed to be important to the
Watkins family, or to fall in love with one of the brothers.
Especially the one she’s never quite met. But what does that really
matter? Finn gets her, like no one ever has before. They have
connection.But here’s the thing about love, in all its twisty,
bumpy permutations – it always throws you a few curves. And no one
ever escapes unscathed.

Flat-Out
Love App:Coming soonInitially
the FOL app will only be available for Apple products. After that,
the team will rewrite it for Android.

“The
original idea for FLAT-OUT LOVE was based on a twist on Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs, so I spent a number of months working on that
outline. But I could never get it to work the way that I wanted it
to, so I shook it out and kept the base themes, eventually outlining
FOL. Once I got writing, it took about six months to complete the
book plus a good month of tweaking.”

Did
you get just as emotional writing FOL as you are now with your newest
book?

“Over
specific scenes and chapters, yes. Before I'd even considered writing
myself, I'd heard authors talk about how real their characters are
for them, how attached they get, and how much they miss them when the
book is finished. I never understood that until I wrote about Matt,
Julie, Celeste, and Finn. It requires a good degree of emotional
investment when writing characters, especially ones like these who
are going through so much, and to deliver characters that touch
readers, I had to feel what the characters did. There were some tough
nights of crying, but I think it paid off.”

Did
you ever think it would become as popular as it did?

“I
really had no idea if anyone would respond to the story, so I was
rather terrified to release it. FOL is a unique story in so many
ways, and I wasn't sure if I'd have a readership. Seeing it take off
the way it did was stunning and wonderful.”

Is
there a message you want your readers to take at the end that you
didn't think a lot of people got?

“The
idea of not missing people who are right in front of you, not missing
out on spectacular romantic relationships and friendships because
someone doesn't fit into who we are taught to find appealing. Celeste
is not the average preteen, but she's well worth getting to know. And
Matt? He's no Finn. Julie battles this struggle herself, finding that
she's drawn to the classically handsome, athletic, ultra-masculine
guy, while for a while missing the more off-beat, but equally
charismatic guy who is right in front of her. So ignore socially
constructed ideals, and follow your heart.”